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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7942333 | IC card secure personalization method A method for an entity different than a manufacturer of an integrated circuit (IC) card to perform a secure personalization phase of the semi-finished IC card is provided. The semi-finished IC card includes a non-volatile memory storing an algorithm for processing d... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7543009 | Fractional fourier transform convolver arrangement An M-point Fractional Fourier is described using several 2M-points traditional Fourier transforms. The signal path is fed through a series of blocks including a first multiplier, a zero pad, an FFT, a second multiplier, an IFFT, a first half element, and a third mul... | 06/02/2009 |
| 7542486 | Method of processing an incident pulsed UWB signal received by an independent data device of a wireless data communication system of the WPAN type, and corresponding independent data device A method for processing an incident pulsed signal of an ultra wide band type received over a channel by a data device operating in a wireless data communications system is provided. The incident pulsed signal carries information within a super-frame structure. Upon ... | 06/02/2009 |
| 7542137 | Pathogen detection using coherent anti-stokes Raman scattering microscopy The invention provides a system and method for automatic real-time monitoring for the presence of a pathogen in water using coherent anti-stokes Raman scattering (CARS) microscopy. Water sample trapped in a trapping medium is provided to a CARS imager. CARS images a... | 06/02/2009 |
| 7541869 | Feedback amplifier A feedback architecture for a PWM switching audio amplifier is, capable of compensating the effects of the demodulation filter through at least two feedback paths of the voltage applied to a load without degrading the overall loop gain of the device. Each of the fee... | 06/02/2009 |
| 7541176 | Fluorescence biosensor A fluorescence detector includes a light source being positioned so that in use, radiation emitted therefrom falls on one or more fluorescing species, and a photodetector being switchably connectable between a charge integrator device and a charge disposal device. T... | 06/02/2009 |
| 7144274 | Hermetically sealed, weldable connectors An RF feed-through connector has a single pin or multi-pins supported and hermetically sealed between a first portion of the connector facing the hermetically sealed interior portion of an electronics-containing housing and a second portion of the connector exposed ... | 12/05/2006 |
| 6932644 | Dissimilar metal hermetic connector A hermetically sealed connector comprises an outer metallic shell having an aperture that receives a multipin-retaining, multi-metallic insert. The insert is a laminate of dissimilar metals, including a first metal extending to a first side of the insert and having ... | 08/23/2005 |
| 7539298 | Passive termination for redundant telecommunication receivers connected to a single twisted pair A wireline termination arrangement bridges a telecommunication wireline pair of a telecommunication system equipment backplane with a termination resistor. The backplane adjoins a plurality of card slots. A first end of the termination resistor installed in the back... | 05/26/2009 |
| 7539252 | Communications system with baseband pilot injected carrier (BPIC) modulation/demodulation and frame recovery and related methods A communications system may include a transmitting device for transmitting a modulated signal therefrom based upon input data, and a receiving device for receiving the modulated signal from the transmitting device. The transmitting device may include a modulator, a ... | 05/26/2009 |
| 7539142 | Ethernet LAN interface for T3 network A differential time domain digital communication bridge module interfaces 100 Mbps Ethernet traffic with a T3 communication link, using a relatively small sized data buffer. To avoid dropping packets, the relatively large sized buffer in the Ethernet switch is used ... | 05/26/2009 |
| 7538712 | Method and apparatus for decompression of SAR images A computer system for decompressing synthetic aperture radar (SAR) images includes a database for storing SAR images to be decompressed, and a processor for decompressing a SAR image from the database. The decompressing includes receiving the SAR image, performing a... | 05/26/2009 |
| 7537914 | Nucleic acid and allergenic polypeptides encoded thereby in cashew nuts () The invention describes an isolated nucleic acid sequence comprising the nucleotide sequence of SEQ ID NO:1 or a degenerate variant of SEQ ID NO:1. The nucleic acid sequence encodes an Ig-E binding immunogenic polypeptide the amino acid sequence of which comprises a... | 05/26/2009 |
| 7502061 | Method for image sensor calibration and associated devices An image sensor includes an array of digital pixels, a first frame store for storing reference data, and a second frame store for storing image data. The reference and image data are combine to cancel an off-set of the pixels in the array. A re-set and a calibration... | 03/10/2009 |
| 7501937 | Vehicle security device including pre-warn indicator and related methods A pre-warn vehicle security device is for a vehicle including a data communications bus, an alert indicator, and an alarm controller interfacing with the data communications bus. The alarm controller may cause the alert indicator to generate an alarm indication resp... | 03/10/2009 |
| 7501882 | Charge pumps The method is for controlling a charge pump of the type where two flying capacitors charge and discharge to a reservoir capacitor in sequence. Part of the switching is carried out in parallel, lengthening the charging pulse at the expense of the conventional compara... | 03/10/2009 |
| 7501323 | Power MOSFET and method for forming same using a self-aligned body implant A method for making a power MOSFET includes forming a trench in a semiconductor layer, forming a gate dielectric layer lining the trench, forming a gate conducting layer in a lower portion of the trench, and forming a dielectric layer to fill an upper portion of the... | 03/10/2009 |
| 7500415 | Object clamp, such as for bicycle component, having at least one relief area and related methods An object clamp includes first and second clamp portions having recesses therein defining a generally circular cylindrical opening for receiving an object to be clamped. The first and second opposing clamp portions have at least one pair of opposing ends when in a p... | 03/10/2009 |
| 7499724 | Event sequencer used for controlling the sequence and timing of events in software defined radio A software defined radio has a radio circuit and executable radio software system operable with the radio circuit, and defining an operating environment that allows a waveform application to operate with the radio circuit for transmitting and receiving voice and dat... | 03/03/2009 |
| 7499287 | Printed wiring board with enhanced structural integrity A structural printed wiring board panel includes a multilayer printed wiring board having opposing, outer faces and interlayer interconnects that route RF, power and control signals. Connection areas are formed in or on at least on one face for connecting the interl... | 03/03/2009 |
| D587633 | Bicycle seat tube clamp | 03/03/2009 |
| 7495629 | Surface mountable inverted-F antenna and associated methods A microstrip slot dipole antenna of the inverted F type, includes a coplanar feed, and is suitable for easy peel-and-stick adhesive mounting. The antenna includes a ground plane, a dielectric layer, a horizontal element and a pair of spaced apart vertical elements d... | 02/24/2009 |
| 7491587 | Method for making a semiconductor device having a semiconductor-on-insulator (SOI) configuration and including a superlattice on a thin semiconductor layer A method for making a semiconductor device may include forming an insulating layer on a substrate, and forming a semiconductor layer on the insulating layer on a side thereof opposite the substrate. The method may further include forming a superlattice on the semico... | 02/17/2009 |
| 7493551 | Method and device for delivering punctured code words encoded with a LDPC code The method and device include determining by removing N−N, rows from an original generator matrix (G) defining the LDPC code and having N rows and N−M columns for obtaining a generator sub-matrix (G1) having N−M columns and N1 rows. The m... | 02/17/2009 |
| 7487721 | Orifice tube with enhanced angle and associated methods A juice extractor includes first and second opposing cups relatively movable to compress a fruit therebetween, a strainer tube associated with the first cup, and an orifice tube being movable within the strainer tube and having a pressure-applying end surface for ur... | 02/10/2009 |
| 7120760 | Harvard architecture microprocessor having a linear addressable space A microprocessor is connected to a first memory space through a first bus and to a second memory space through a second bus. The microprocessor includes a processing unit that includes a program bus and a data bus, and an interface unit connected, on one side, to th... | 10/10/2006 |
| 6177694 | Dynamic random access memory device Each memory cell of the memory includes four insulated-gate field-effect transistors comprising two storage transistors both possessing the same first quotient or ratio of their channel width to their channel length. The four transistors also include two ... | 01/23/2001 |
